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Mon, 05 Apr 2021 07:02:29 +0000Many Prisoners Escape As Gunmen Set Owerri Prison On Fire
Gunmen in the early hours of Monday set the correctional facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on fire.
SaharaReporters gathered that the gunmen struck the prison and freed an unconfirmed number of inmates and suspects. Heavy gunf...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:12:43 +0000Ghana Cedi Rated "Best" Currency In Africa For 2021 Q1
Ghana's local currency has ended the first quarter of 2021 on a high note with a year-to-date appreciation of 0.6 per cent to the US dollar.
This means the Ghanaian cedi has outperformed some other prevalent 15 currencies in Africa, making i...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:11:49 +0000Panic As Seven Northern Traders Shot Dead By "Men In Military Uniform" In Imo
There is palpable tension in Imo State following the murder of seven traders of northern extraction.
It was gathered that the victims were killed in separate shooting incidents in Orlu town and Umuaka in Njaba Local Government Area between F...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:02:13 +0000Obasanjo, Gumi Recommend Creation Of Special Courts For Banditry Cases, Others
Special courts should be created to deal promptly with banditry, kidnapping and unlawful carrying of weapons in the country.
This formed part of the solutions to the nation's security challenges recommended by former President Olusegu...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:56:45 +0000Buhari Investing Billions To Rehabilitate B'Haram Members While Victims Suffer—Kukah
Matthew Hassan Kukah
Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has criticised the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for rehabilitating and releasing repentant Boko Haram insurgents, neglecting victims of insurgency t...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:54:26 +0000I Wish My Husband Could Read Tributes Of Those He Criticised – Joe Okei-Odumakin
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Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.
She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:48:30 +0000Our Goal Is To Issue Passports In 774 LGAs Within 72 Hours Of Application—Aregbesola
Rauf Aregbesola
The Nigerian government has expressed its readiness to decentralise international passports' issuance in the 774 Local Government Areas in the country to reduce the problem Nigerians face.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Are...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:47:37 +0000Kukah Didn't Speak Like A Man Of God In His Easter Message, Garba Shehu Says
Garba Shehu
The presidency has tackled the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, for describing Nigeria as a killing field under the Muhammadu Buhari government.
Kukah had, in his Easter message on Sunday, said both the gov...
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:46:20 +0000God Showed Me A Vision That Buhari Would Stabilise Nigeria—Bakare
Tunde Bakare, senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, on Sunday said he supported President Muhammadu Buhari because God told him Buhari has a role in stabilising Nigeria.
Bakare, a critic of successive past administrations ...
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:37:53 +0000Obasanjo Told Me In His Bedroom That He Would Send Bode George To Prison— Fayose
Ayodele Fayose
Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state says former President Olusegun Obasanjo masterminded the incarceration of Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over a tussle fo...